... challenges to the broader business ecosystem. Indeed if this is true, the biggest victim of the Uber effect won't be the taxi industry but monolith gateway intermediary players such as financial services. Let me explain. Ever since Charles I in 1636 ... Read more

When attending superannuation industry forums as a media man there are a couple of moments I always enjoy - personal stories and practical examples. Not every story or example will make the news cycle but something did strike me recently that eventually ... Read more

... at all. The two superannuation leaders I'm referring to are Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer at the HOSTPLUS industry fund, and Craig Meller, chief executive of AMP. HOSTPLUS and AMP are obviously fundamentally different organisations and being ... Read more

... susceptible are jobs to computerisation? Their shocking conclusion is that high value high skill intellectual service industry jobs may be just as susceptible to automation and obsolescence as low value industrial jobs were (the ones we no longer have). ... Read more

... self-funded and be operating with no or minimal cross-subsidy from the members who don't select them. But with some major industry funds reporting less than a few hundred members rolling out each year to SMSFs, it begs the question why SMSFs are causing ... Read more

... are continuing to drift down, from 1.32% in 2007 to 1.23% this year. But the bad news - at least for the superannuation industry - is that superannuation is overall getting cheaper not because prices are dropping but because more consumers are voting ... Read more

... world's largest fund manager BlackRock, the world's sixth largest pension fund CalPERS, and Australia's largest industry super fund AustralianSuper. Commonwealth Bank, AMP and Westpac all signed, as did UniSuper, HESTA and Cbus. At the same ... Read more

... staff. Now, on the eve of her departure in early 2015, it has $29 billion and 120 staff. It has remained the premier industry fund for the health and community services sector, built a recognisable and respected brand, and delivered consistently strong ... Read more

... and attention that we [Challenger] do. It's also about having the capital. The fact is the DC model and the industry fund model is one that really doesn't have shareholder capital backing it. And to make concrete promises in retirement, you need ... Read more

... (EU) and is designed to stimulate debate and serve as a catalyst to drive positive change in the long-term investment industry in the EU. Read more